Whether your kiddos are 2, 12, or 18, it’s not too late to teach them life skills - the skills that will help them launch and help support them in adulthood. But life skills isn’t just cooking and cleaning. It can include emotional intelligence, automobile maintenance, leadership, and much more.
My guest is Katie Kimball from Raising Healthy Families, who is the mastermind behind the #LifeSkillsNow virtual summer camp, where kids ages 5-18 can learn more than 450 life skills in an approachable video format. Many of the lessons are taught by kids and teens.
We chat about:
- what life skills are versus chores
- the three aspects of life skills (hands on, minds on, hearts on) as well as how to implement them to keep kids motivated
- the benefits of teaching life skills including resilience, confidence, and personal agency
- how to help kids who are discouraged by perfectionism when they’re leaning life skills
Katie Kimball of Raising Healthy Families helps change kids’ relationship to food, both through work in the kitchen and helping parents of picky eaters. She’s a former teacher, two-time TEDx speaker, writer, mom of 4 kids and creator of the Kids Cook Real Food Course, Teens Cook Real Food Course, #LifeSkillsNow virtual summer camps, and blogs at Kitchen Stewardship. Her mission is to connect families around healthy food, teach every child to cook, and instill those all-important life skills!
Resources Mentioned:
Sign up for camp here FREE - June 8-12, 2026
Connect with Katie on her website, podcast, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube
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Episode 80: Systems to Transform Your Home with Mom of 10 Laura Hernandez of Mama Systems
Episode 104: 3 Habits That Empower Your Kids (and Make Your Life Easier) - with Rachel Norman from A Mother Far From Home
Episode 156: Simple Chore Systems for Neurodivergent Moms (and Kids!) with Kelly Briggs from Simple Home Mom
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